Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-29
VARIOUS INTERVIEWS.
DloMED, AsHUELoT MORGAN, kEENE NOR
GAN, LITTLE GIANT.

VARIOUS INTERVIEWS.
DIOMED, ASHUELOT MORGAN, KEENE NOR
GAN, LITTLE GIANT.
Mr. Martin. liveryman of keene, \. H.,
almost so, said:
There was stallion kept here when
| was a boy called Diomed, owned by
man named Page or kept by him. 1t
must have been 60 years ago. | remem-
Der small bay or dark chestnut horse
called very fast soon after Diomede was
here. lie was stolen and gone year.
Kngsbury owned him. Ashuelot Nor
gan stood at Richmond. owned next
grandson of Green Mountain, keene Nor
gan; Weir bought him of me. \ Nor
gan-built horse all over. rather low. but
a powerful horse; bay, no marks. black
points. about - hands, 1000 lbs. got
him when three years old; owned him
four or five years. | won purse with
him at Brattleboro; beat Young Morrill,
and a Black Hawk. | bought him of
Bowker of Gardner. who got him of some
one in Gardner. He was sired by son
of Green Mountain owned in Walthan,
Mass. Sire was afterward kept in Ches-
terrified several years a dark brown, l5-2.
100 lbs, raised in Athol, Mass.
''There was another horse kept here GO
years ago called Bellfounder. | think
Page kept him that kept Domed.
81 owned son of keene Morgan.
called Little Giant some six years. He
could trot faster than his sire; bright
BAY. l5-2. 1000 lbs. good: dam called a
Messenger. She was good, rugged bay
mare. about 1000 lbs. | sold Little
Giant to Maynard of Boston, who injured
him trotting. and afterwards. | think. he
went to Maine. He was never beat but
once whilst | owned him"
RExFoRD HORSE, ST. LAWRENCE.
Mr.. f. O. Keith of keene said;
"Rexford Horse was owned in Bolton,
Canada East, about "A years ago. An Of
fer was made for him once of $1,000.
John Holland owned a good one, same
blood. Thomson of East Bolton owned
IL lllllt DldCh uOIst. 1 llllIlh lIt pItItltsl
horse ever saw: Black Hawk.
"A horse called old st. Lawrence Nor
gan was very noted about 1860. a man
in Richford, VT, sold a pair of mares
that he said was descended from the old
st. Lawrence Morgan"
COMET BILLY ROOT. BILLY ROOT %.
BUCKEYE. COMET tCUTLER's). BLACK
SNAKE. TELESCOPE.
Mr.. y. NJ. Sunderland, Highgate, VT,
said:
Comet BILLY Roof left the best stock
ever left in our county. He was dap
pie chestnut. Billy Root I'd, owned by
James Robinson, Highgate. got by COM
ct, also left excellent stock. He was
chestnut, built like old Comet, but larger.
~ had a Black Hawk stallion by Sher-
man Black Hawk bought him of Myrick
of Bridport, kept him two years and sold
him. lie went to the army and was shot
| called him Buckeye.
Jacob Carman of Highgate bred Com,
ct that was bought by DR.. Cutler, and
taken to Wisconsin. He was sired by the
Herrick Horse, dam | think Comet
mare; a bay black, good figure.
"Back Snake was kept at Frelighs.
burgh and st. John. lie was slender
horse, middling tall, black as a mink
nice shaped horse, like Peacock. He
man Allen got "A horse called Telescope, &
good-shaped horse, rather slim, about /;
hands left excellent stock"
BURBANK HORSE.
Mr.. John Whtcomb, Willston, VT
says he brought to Williston the frs
Morgan horse owned there, called Bur
bank Morgan, a chestnut, 10 hands, | zoo
lbs. He got him in Bethel, kept hin
three years and sold to Charles Hunting
ton of Richmond. who traded him to
man in Huntington, where he stood i
spell. Mr.. Whitcomb thinks he was /;
years old when he got him, and that this
was about 1884. He kept a stallion sol
till five years old, when he sold him to
Mr.. Beach of Jericho Corners. Willis
he owned the old horse he stood him il
Huntington one or two years.
EMPRESS ~.
ID. b. Hill, Burlington, VT, l9l Soutl
Williston street, says Emory Hill o
Fairfield owned a running mare, import
ed, got by Bedford horse in London
dam Red Riding, that he bought whel
two years old in Canada. She ran races
after Mr.. Hill owned her; ran in Montre
al in 1916. She was l5-l. brown, thor